Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Since the death of
their parents, Triona Pryor and her brother, Ben, have lived with their
aunt and uncle in Camden, Maine. Now in her senior year of high school,
Triona loves her family and friends, but she has always felt that she
didn't quite fit in...in Camden, or anywhere else.

Enter Caleb Wallace, the devilishly handsome man who has recently moved to Triona's small town.

While
their attraction to each other is instantaneous, it also proves to be
dangerous...and deadly. When tragedy strikes, Triona flees to London for
solace and to start her life anew. It's there she discovers from an
unlikely source that her family has been keeping secrets from her -
secrets about not only her birthright, but her ultimate destiny as well.

Armed with this knowledge, Triona finds herself thrown into a
whole new world and into a battle to save the lives of everyone she
loves.

AND now here's the cover for the sequel... Shades of Avalon:

Shades of Avalon synopsis:

Ben Pryor grew up as an
average kid in Camden, Maine, unaware of the supernatural storm brewing
in his Celtic blood. However, at nineteen, as the last born in the royal
line of the beings that once ruled Atlantis, Ben has eagerly embraced
his newfound abilities and birthright.

When Caleb, his sister’s
mate, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, the prime suspect is
the last remaining member of the overthrown corrupt Guardian Council.

With
the discovery that an old acquaintance has been keeping secrets and the
future Ben was so sure of shifting before his eyes, the situation
becomes more complicated, the ransom for Caleb too high.

In the
sequel to Shades of Atlantis, Ben will delve deeper than he ever
imagined into the magical old ways of the Guardians, the secrets of
Excalibur, and the truth behind the legend of King Arthur.

What do you guys think? Author Bio:Carol Oates came into the
world on Christmas morning, in an elevator. Raised just across the
street from the childhood home of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, it was
only a matter of time before Carol’s love of all things supernatural
would emerge. She began experimenting with fiction at school and
keeps the notebook containing her first unpublished novel in her desk
drawer. Over three decades later, all her stories still begin life
scrawled on paper. When not writing, Carol can be found exploring
history with her son. Luckily, he shares her love of old buildings,
castles, and tombs. http://www.CarolOates.com

For starlet Elizabeth Sutton,
it’s difficult to tell which has more momentum: her burgeoning film career, or
the growing intimacy in her forbidden romance with notorious Hollywood
outsider, Aidan Evans.

When the opportunity to costar in a feature film arrives, Beth and Aidan fight
to keep their relationship out of Hollywood’s rumor mill and away from the
ever-watchful eyes of Starlight Studios head Luther Mertz, who condemns a union
between them and threatens the future of Beth’s acting career.

The pressure mounts as the cameras roll. Beth and Aidan navigate the precarious
heights of superstardom while exploring their physical desires in secret. Beth
grapples between the debilitating nervousness over her sexual inexperience and
her unbridled need for Aidan. Meanwhile, the demons from Aidan’s past he
thought forever vanquished linger on the fringes of a fragile inner peace . . .

Starbright is the second book in The Starlight Trilogy, a story of love and
redemption set against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood's Golden
Age.

Alexandra Richland spends
rotating twelve-hour shifts working as a registered nurse at a Toronto
hospital, indulging in her love of science and medicine, and caring for
patients with their own unique tales to tell.

When she is not on duty, Alexandra escapes into her own imagination. Therein
lies a fantasy world of thrilling adventure, gorgeous men, classic Hollywood
glamour, exotic getaways, and a seductive dose of romance. Alexandra captures
these stories in her popular novels, The
Starlight Trilogy and Frontline,
her novella, Slip Away, and her short
story, Gilded Cage.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Love's Paradox is the first book in a New Adult Contemporary Romance series by Laura Kreitzer to be released May 5, 2014. And today I'm revealing the cover!
But first, a little bit about the book:
Stalked by her abusive ex-fiancé, Rae Zachery retaliates by singing karaoke and spilling all their dirty secrets to the entire bar. When her ex attempts to silence her brazen performance, sexy biker Parker comes to her rescue and soundly punches her ex in the face. As valiant as that may be, Rae finds Parker’s violent assistance unsettling, yet she can’t help but be drawn to him and his tragic past.
Fighting her attraction for Parker is a battle Rae can’t win, and soon their night of sharing secrets morphs into an undeniable bond. But fate won’t so easily relinquish her grip on their happily-ever-after. Instead of blissfully skipping into obscurity, Rae and Parker are subjected to her ex-fiancé’s vicious proclivities. Who knew love could hurt so good?

Laura Kreitzer is a best-selling fantasy and science fiction author who hails from western Kentucky. Represented by Pam van Hylckama Vlieg, partner at Foreword Literary. Laura's full-time 9-5 job used to be working in a lab devoted to water dye-tracing investigations at Western Kentucky University, though her passion was always writing. After seven years of dedicating her life to the environment, she made the tough decision to leave the university to pursue her writing career. Now Laura has several novels published, with several more in the works.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating.

(Coming May 2014)

ΕRCHOMAI, SEBASTIAN HAD SAID.

I am coming.

Darkness returns to the Shadowhunter world. As their society falls
apart around them, Clary, Jace, Simon and their friends must band
together to fight the greatest evil the Nephilim have ever faced:
Clary’s own brother. Nothing in the world can defeat him — must they
journey to another world to find the chance? Lives will be lost, love
sacrificed, and the whole world changed in the sixth and last
installment of the Mortal Instruments series!

I've enjoyed this series from the very beginning (including the prequel The Infernal Devices) and have been waiting too long for this final book. I'm excited, and a little scared, to find out what happens. Are you?